Baghdad (NINA) – Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq, called for holding early election, which is acceptable by all political sides, and forming a care taking government to guarantee the election to be transparent.

In a statement to the press on Friday, Jan. 4, the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, quoted Mutlaq saying that early election spares us many problems, where a care taking government carries an impartial and transparent election under the UN supervision.

Mutlaq stressed the importance to respond to the protestors' demands and work toward fulfilling them that will consolidate the public's trust in the political process and strengthens democracy.

He rejected forming alliances based on sectarian, ethnical and national, stressing that Iraq belongs to all, not any one group.